Drunk driver must wear sign about his crime (VIDEO)

A driver who served time in jail for killing a man in a drunk-driving accident in Harris County will now have to advertise his crime by wearing a sign in public.

Harris County Court-at-Law Judge Michael R. Fields has ordered Michael Giacona, 39, to wear the sign, which states “I killed Aaron Coy Pennywell while driving drunk,” during four consecutive Saturdays as part of his two-year probated sentence.

I don't know, I can't feel hunger, so I'm incapable of experiencing hunger based addictions like alcohol or opiates. I tried to compare with smoking but the doctors said wasn't the same, it was more like a disease, so I literally have no basis to judge by.

But 90 days for vehicular manslaughter, with a prior DUI seems light to me, disease or not.As for the sign, as long as no vigilante action happens, we'll see if it makes any difference.

Unfortunately, pretty stark education (being made to witness damage or autopsies on victims of drunk drivers), court ordered therapy/supervision, and even more extreme measures like this signage don't deter a lot of hardcore DUI offenders from getting behind the wheel while drunk.

I would hope that would be the focus...how to prevent further DUI incidents and tragedies.

Unfortunately, neither fines nor shaming work very well for this particular sort of problem.

I'm not sure how I feel about this.
How is humiliation a good punishment? I'd imagine the fact that he has to live with knowing his drunk driving resulted in a death, along with some jail time, would be sufficient punishment and encouragement to never drink and drive in the future. If not, I hardly see how parading this sign will help.

I completely understand how shame is an excellent motivator. I just mean that if he doesn't feel shame over the fact the someone's dead because of his actions, then he's a sociopath and this is just a stupid waste of time.

This kind of thing only serves to pis* people off and for them to justify vigilante justice. Let the punishment be doled out otherwise, and not be made public. Everyone makes mistakes, and yes this was an absolutely horrible one, but he should only be punished as much as he deserves by the courts, not the people.